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. 2012 Jun;26(3):393-401.
doi: 10.1521/pedi.2012.26.3.393.

Frequency of borderline personality disorder among psychiatric outpatients in Shanghai

Lanlan Wang  1 , Colin A Ross, Tianhong Zhang, Yunfei Dai, Haiyin Zhang, Mingyi Tao, Jianying Qin, Jue Chen, Yanling He, Mingyuan Zhang, Zeping Xiao
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Frequency of borderline personality disorder among psychiatric outpatients in Shanghai

Lanlan Wang et al. J Pers Disord. 2012 Jun.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the frequency, clinical characteristics, and comorbidity of borderline personality disorder (BPD) among psychiatric outpatients in two clinics at Shanghai Mental Health Center. A cross-sectional investigation was conducted. From 3,075 outpatients screened using the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire-IV+, 2,284 patients positive for a personality disorder were assessed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Personality Disorders. The frequency of BPD among the psychiatric outpatients was 5.8%, with a frequency of 3.5% among males and 7.5% among females (p < .01). BPD was found to have extensive comorbidity with Axis I and II disorders. This study proves that BPD does occur in China. The detected frequency among outpatients is lower than that reported in North America.

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